Stephen Bluhm

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Out of the Nowhere. Into the Here is the sublime second album by singer, songwriter, andperformer Stephen Bluhm. It’ll be available as both a vocal version and a companion all-instrumental set. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Bluhm and featuring a host of gifted guestmusicians, the orchestral opus is an elaborate aural feast of strings, horns, flutes, piano, reedinstruments, and other timelessly evocative musical sounds — ambitious, but intimate andconfiding as well. Out of the Nowhere. Into the Here is being released on 12” LP vinyl, CD,digital download, streaming platforms and 2xCD set including both vocal and instrumentalversions on April 19. The instrumental version is being released separately on the same date ondigital download and streaming platforms. While Bluhm has been “making songs ever since I can remember,” in his teenage years it was his older siblings’ Lou Reed and David Bowie records that ignited his adolescent musical obsession. While attending Temple University, he took the plunge into live music via campus open-mic nights and from there burst upon the bustling Philadelphia scene, prompting the Philadelphia City Paper to dub him “an old soul, writing Tin Pan Alley-ish fare and singing croon-y folk jazz  in a voice that’d make Morrisey swoon.” Relocating to New York’s Hudson Valley, he furtherhoned his expressive performing style: Belying the serious slants of some of his songs, Bluhm’sshows often find him dancing madly among delighted audience members.“The music (and Stephen) is utterly charming,” raves famed musical theater actor and composerTom Judson, one of Bluhm’s avowed fans, about Out of the Nowhere. Into the Here. “Thehalting, clipped vocals, with a sudden appearance of sumptuous string writing, are unexpected and elegant. The music, at first blush, appears naïve. But on a close listen, it’s very assured, andcomplex writing. And the arrangements are really just wonderful. Sufjan Stevens meets KurtWeill meets Stephen Foster.”“As I put these songs and arrangements together for the album, I became more and moreconfident in them,” says Bluhm. “I just hope people sense the beauty in them, the genuinenessthat I put into them.”With one listen to Out of the Nowhere. Into the Here, no doubt people will sense exactly that. Stephen's Info https://linktr.ee/stephenbluhm Bandcamp: https://stephenbluhm.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenbluhm/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066550085802 stephenbluhm.fun

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